2. (noun) weapon, arms.
Heoti anō, maranga katoa ana, tahuri tonu ki te kōhuru kino i ngā wāhine, i ngā tamariki kāhore nei i whai ringa hei karo (MM.TKM 15/7/1858:2). / However, they rose up and set about murdering the women and children who had no weapons for protection.
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